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Emerging arboviruses and public health challenges in Brazil

ABSTRACT Environmental modification by anthropogenic actions, disordered urban growth, globalization of international exchange and climate change are some factors that help the emergence and dissemination of human infectious diseases transmitted by vectors. This review discusses the recent entry of three...

Zika vírus in the americas: early epidemiological and genetic findings

Science; 15 (352), 2016
Brazil has experienced an unprecedented epidemic of Zika virus (ZIKV), with ~30,000 cases reported to date. ZIKV was first detected in Brazil in May 2015, and cases of microcephaly potentially associated with ZIKV infection were identified in November 2015. We performed next-generation sequencing to gene...

Protocolo de vigilância e resposta à ocorrência de microcefalia relacionada à infecção pelo vírus zika: [Plano Nacional de Enfrentamento à Microcefalia no Brasil]